CVE-2018-6888

Public Exploit

Description

An issue was discovered in Typesetter 5.1. The User Permissions page (aka Admin/Users) suffers from critical flaw of Cross Site Request forgery: using a forged HTTP request, a malicious user can lead a user to unknowingly create / delete or modify a user account due to the lack of an anti-CSRF token.

Category

8.0
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.14%
Third-Party Advisory blogspot.in Third-Party Advisory exploit-db.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://securitywarrior9.blogspot.in/2018/02/cross-site-request-forgery-type-setter.html third party advisory exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44029/ third party advisory vdb entry exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-6888?
CVE-2018-6888 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-6888?
To fix CVE-2018-6888, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-6888 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-6888 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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